The factors related to creating more affordable homes — supply, credit, land and communities — are interconnected, and policies that address challenges related to affordability can, and often do, impact multiple elements.

The Cost of Home campaign is built on four areas of policy focus detailed in our Cost of Home policy platform. Achieving policy solutions in these four areas will enable families to have greater access to homes they can afford — and to all the opportunities that follow.

We strive to create a healthy housing market and affordable opportunities in every community in the United States.

We urge policymakers from the local, state and federal levels to support comprehensive packages that address the increasing cost of housing across the rental and homeownership spectrum to meet the needs of low-income individuals and families nationwide. In our Cost of Home federal policy agenda, you can learn about 10 high-impact federal policy solutions that Habitat will collectively advocate for to significantly improve access to safe and affordable homes over the next five years. Learn more about our ongoing successes.

Habitat affiliates across the U.S. are working in partnership with coalitions and policymakers to influence policies to increase home affordability.

Habitat state organizations are implementing the Cost of Home campaign to influence state-level housing policy.